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Red vs. Blue, Rebuplican vs. Democrat ... Its the same game we have seen for years. No change from either side if you ask me.

If you want a real difference and you are paying attention to what is going on, then you will understand that Ron Paul and people like him, are/is the only person(s) that need to be voting for in not only Washing DC ... but locally and at every level of government.

Read the Constitution and open your mind to how we can take our country back .....

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Still just the incessant GOP calls for me (as well as a buttload of calls from the American Red Cross...what do they want from me...blood?). I give every time the bloodmobile comes by the office every couple of months or so, and just got a 2 gallon pin this year, but those greedy bastages must want to bleed me dry, literally.

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Originally Posted by RuthlessBurgher

Still just the incessant GOP calls for me (as well as a buttload of calls from the American Red Cross...what do they want from me...blood?). I give every time the bloodmobile comes by the office every couple of months or so, and just got a 2 gallon pin this year, but those greedy bastages must want to bleed me dry, literally.

You might have the universal donor blood (O) or plasma type (AB).

I've given blood but never get calls. My wife on the other hand gets called seemingly daily. We get post cards in the mail. The whole 9 yards. She's got type O which can be given to anyone.

I've also heard from my dad, he gets called all the time. He's got AB. They want his plasma.

The last couple times I've tried to donate, they sent me away since I was out of the country, so I've given up on giving blood. Although it does concern me, what is potentially happening to my blood when I cross the US border? Do I even want it in me?

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I've given blood but never get calls. My wife on the other hand gets called seemingly daily. We get post cards in the mail. The whole 9 yards. She's got type O which can be given to anyone.

I've also heard from my dad, he gets called all the time. He's got AB. They want his plasma.

The last couple times I've tried to donate, they sent me away since I was out of the country, so I've given up on giving blood. Although it does concern me, what is potentially happening to my blood when I cross the US border? Do I even want it in me?

Yeah, I'm O positive (can't give to everyone like the true universal donors O negatives can, but most folks can use my blood). I've never done the plasma thing.

I'm not buying the "out of the country" excuse for you...more like the "have you ever had sexual contact with another man, even once" question.

I was talking about giving blood with my kids one day, and my son asked if they had to use a needle or if I could just sniff up medicine...which confused me for a second until I realized he equated it with getting the flu vaccine, because he's had flu shots before and the nasal spray flu vaccine other times.

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Yeah, I'm O positive (can't give to everyone like the true universal donors O negatives can, but most folks can use my blood). I've never done the plasma thing.

I'm not buying the "out of the country" excuse for you...more like the "have you ever had sexual contact with another man, even once" question.

I was talking about giving blood with my kids one day, and my son asked if they had to use a needle or if I could just sniff up medicine...which confused me for a second until I realized he equated it with getting the flu vaccine, because he's had flu shots before and the nasal spray flu vaccine other times.

You can't donate ever if you've lived in the UK or visited too many times. That surprised me. I thought I would have had to been in some part of Africa or some 3rd world country.

Imagining someone donating blood through his nose is some funny stuff.

I think the man sex is ok if it happened prior to the 70s or whenever HIV/AIDs became a problem. Apparently the old guy gay blood is ok. Young guy gay blood, not so much.

Seems like technology should be good enough by now that they can take everyone's blood and just dispose of whatever they determine doesn't meet some standard.

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Originally Posted by AzStillers1989

Red vs. Blue, Rebuplican vs. Democrat ... Its the same game we have seen for years. No change from either side if you ask me.

If you want a real difference and you are paying attention to what is going on, then you will understand that Ron Paul and people like him, are/is the only person(s) that need to be voting for in not only Washing DC ... but locally and at every level of government.

Read the Constitution and open your mind to how we can take our country back .....